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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
Ooo eupy, oiio year 'i-flo
One copy, nix month . - - $1.00
vfi8 oopy, three months ... !i0
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Only n Boy.
Only boy?
Only a healthy aii1 rosy five.
Iteming of niin huiI pricf ii 1 ri ,
Save when at times tin- shadows play
Like tin' light clouds on a sunnimr's biy.
Only a loy;
Only a loving and trusting heart.
Tliat throlw ami strains for a loiif life's
start,
Tlint. yii'liis in love to flu- gent h touch
Of kui who will chide- nut overmuch.
nly a ly i
Only im carm-st ami longing soul
Through which wild fancies and wishes roll,
IVvring from out. those eager eyes
At Mir iiutriisl world that around them lies.
t inly a boy f
Only thr p-rni of some unknown gain
To a world that wavers 'twix joy and aln,
TrII mc of U-tter gift who can.
To give to thr world, thun nn honest man.
Only a hoyf
Only n man with a saddened faro.
Hearing of grief and sin tlir trai-r.
Craving a low that might rlransr thr stain
Of til - old lli'inlii, that will conic again.
Only a l-oy f
Only a sj i it that soars at lost
O'rr thr . h in and lilimlrs of a pretty past,
Hardp led. '-ut faithful, saddened, but true,
Saved b-.c thr praise is not for you.
Ihnrlntlr II. Cotirsdi.
The Waif of the Plains.
An cuelless sea of sandy plain, almost a
lend level, save the sand dunes which
here ami there, like billows from some
far-:. IT sea beating upon the-e ndless shore,
i-rossi'd the country in long lines lost in
the (list iniv, cactus, :igi--hiish, and a
few wiM (lowers of vivid coloring, w hose
very eisenee on the dry desert waste
wa.s a marvel, composing the only vege
tation v'siblr. Occasionally in the dis
tance, alone; the banks of the sluggish,
turbid river which flows hundreds of
miles across the desert, could !: seen a
f w coitonwiHiils anil willows which
torin th cover for niimcroiis antelope.
Away in the opposite direction, however,
stretching intu the far distance until lost
in the hori.on, was the same dreary, tno
notono is level waste. It w as early morn
ing, ii ii-1 the sun was shooting its hori
zontal lay- across the glistening sands.
Two lues in, M were riding along the
trail, when u small object, moving slow
ly along, sometimes seemingly walking
upright, anon crawling mi the ground,
excited their ntlentiou and curiosity.
Nearer the object comes and. wonder of
wonders, the men discover while yet lit
some distance that it is a human be-ing,
apparently a child. Turning their horses
they rapidly approach the waif on this
waterless sea, and discover a child of
perhaps 5 years of age. now walking then
falling to thi' ground i-i its apparently
aimless journey. I'p ai reaching (he
lonely atom of humanity it is found (o be
11 girl w ith lace and Irifuls m ratehed and
bleeding and clothing torn nearly
shreds from frequent contact with the
thorns of the cruel cactus. I'pon the
iipproach of the men she ceased ler cry
ing and gaoe at t In in with a lightened
look. Where did she come limn and
how did she jo t hen Did she drop
from the clouds.' Nothing else of life
whs visihlc; the whole expanse of plain
was a blank. It was some time before
the child could be leas .iireil anil coaxed
to talk, . ml then only incoherently be
tween her sobs. The men gathered that
tome time about daybreak an emigrant
ruin of two wagons with the child's
parents am! several other persons had
been attacked by Indians, the women
carried off, and the men nil killed. The
child tried to indicate the place of the:
massacre-, but was so bew ildered by her
wandering that it was impossible to learn
anything from her confused talk. One
of the men took the little thing on I. is
horse in front of him, and after a fruit
less search for an hour or two, the men
pushed on, us the sun was getting high
in the heavens and there was a long jour
ney lieforr them ere arriving at the
ranch and cuttle corral for which they
wen- hound and wished to reach licforc
night. After wune hours of hard riding
their destination was reached without
incident. On the following day one of
the men at the ranch, having business in
Denver, brought the foundling to the
then young city. The child's story ex
cited considerable attention and Rmypa
thy from the citizens, and a childless
married lady of West Denver named
Clark, who had crossed the plains some
years before, adopted the waif as her
own. The only name the child could
give was Rita, nnd there was nothing
about her clothing or person to indicate
who her parentis were or where she came
from. All she knew of her former home
wan that it was in a large city far away.
Rita grew rapidly, and in the course of
several years bid fair to liecome a beauti
ful young lady. Her foster parents were
in thriving circumstances, and lavished
their means freely on the education of
the child, whom they cherished and lov
ed as if ahe were of their flesh and blood.
One day Mr. Clark, having business at
Pueblo, was induced by a friend to visit
the insane asylum. The official, in ac
companying them through the different
wards, explained the various phases and
peculiarities of the fancies of the patients.
Finally they reached an apartment occu
pied by a woman, whose case, the official
explained, was rather icculiar. She was
rescued from the Chcycnnes several years
go by the troops. How long she had
fife Ctottoi Ajerarb
VOL. VIII.
lieen a captive was not known, but it is
supposed that thr indignities she had
suffered nnd the horrors she had passed
through had turned her brain, as when
found she was insane, mid ever since the
burden "f her talk had been massae-ie.
tights, and nil the horrors of Indian bru
talities. Then she seems to have II child
for whom she is constantly c alling. The
party entered the room ami found quite a
lady-like looking person, who at first re
ceived them pleasantly and as any sane
person would. Something about her
features, which, although careworn and
haggard, gave evidence of former beauty,
struck Mr. Clark as of some one he had
seen before. After a few moments' con
versation with him, she startled him with
the question : "Where is my Kit a? You
have taken her from me my beautiful
child." Mr. Clark was so nstonished for
a moment that he could not speak.
After recovering somewhat from his
surprise, he endeavored to question her,
but could get no intelligible answer, and
after some little delay left the asylum.
The interview, however, preyed on his
mind, and on his return home he commu
nicated to his wife the strange interview.
She, with a woman's quick perception, at
once jumped to a conclusion, w hich suc
ceeding events proved to be correct, II
was finally arranged between them that
Kita, should he taken with them to the
asylum and Mis. Clark's theory tested.
Accordingly on the pretense, of an excur
sion the three took the train one day and
arriving at I'lieblo proceeded at once to
the asylum. Alter a slight delay they
wi re shown into the crazy woman's room.
At first she did not sec the girl, then in
looking at her visitors she suddenly dis
covered her and with a cry that was
hardly human in its intensity she threw
herself upon her screaming: "Kita. my
Kit-i!" hugging and kissing her nnd
crying at the same time, the tears, proba
bly the first shed for years, rolling her
checks. . The frightened girl endeavored
at first to disengage herself, but at a re
assuring sign from Mrs. Clark submitted
to the caresses of the insane woman.
With considerable difficulty they tore
themselves iitt ay from her, and, making
11 solemn promise to return the next day,
tiny departed. (In the following morn
ing, according to promise, they culled at
tin- institution and learned that a won
derful change had come over the patient,
that instead of raving the whole night
lonu, she had been very quiet ami had
wept a gn at deal. Iteiug shown into her
presence, she seenieil only to see Uita,
who, having been instructed by her fos
ter parents, subinitted to the caresses
lavished upon her, but in : more quiet
manner, !y the tmfoi tim.itc woman.
Keelinu snti-tied that her sii-pieioiis were
correct. Mrs. Clark insisted upon remain
ing in I'lieblo for a lew days, dming
which frequent visits were made to the
asylum, the woman seeming to become
more sane with e.e h visit and talking
more coherently about the past. Finally
the whole ciie l III toly was told by her,
proving beyond a doubt that she was the
long lost mother of Hil l. Ibr discharge
was easily sei tired. theChuks agrcciiie.
care for her, and she was taken to the
pleasant Denver home, where she entirely
recovered after a time. Kita, blessed
with the love of two mothers, was happi
er if anything than before, and some time
afterward married an estimable gentle
man of menus, being comfortably dower
ed by her foster parents, is living in a
co.y dwelling Nui Broadway with her
mother and husband, nn ornament to the
circle in which she moves. Ihiivtr
.Vfif.
liaising Mules.
Col. Joe Marley, of Kipley, Trim., who
is ns well known for his elevated charac
ter as for his genial hospitality, has of
late years turned apart of his attention
to mule raising.. His method is us sim
ple and economical as it is effective. He
owns a large body of land situated near
the Mississippi river in Lauderdale coun
ty, covered with a luxuriant growth of
cane. In the midst of this cane he fells
a sufficient number of trees for the pur
pose, bores a number of large auger holes
in the logs, and fills the holes with salt.
Under the lead of an intelligent gray
marc, whose habits have been fixed and
whose temper has been mellowed by the
flight of -year, he turns his mules into
this magnifieient cane pasture, from
weanlings up, where they remain until
ready fur market. The lick-logs arc
their homes, the trees their only shelter.
Their feed is costless. The old mare
gives them motherly care and direction
restraining them from running away in
search of "wild-out," and inviting them
to regular festivals at the lick-logs.
The mules thus brought up are well grown
strong and hardy, with compac t muscles,
and are equal, if not superior to those
raised within fence bounds, besides being
unacquainted with many of the more con
spicuous vices contracted by the latter
during their playful youth. XiuhtUU
(Tenn.) American.
Corn and Corns.
sec by the papers that in Kansas the
yield of corn is forty to the acre. Isn't
that remarkable!"
"Not at all; only it scents to me that
item is upside down."
"I'pside down?"
"Yes. My expcrienc" is that the yield
is about forty achcrs to the corn. Get off
my foot, pleane." Call.
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PITTSBORO',
MavlgatiMf I'mler Water.
Submarine navigation seem- to bo c
ing ahead of late, tiotibet of Paris, who
four years ago constructed a Mibinari!"
fioat with Mich su ss as to receive an
order from the Kussiau Government for
three hundred sets of his machinery, has
now improved his device, lit the liuss'mil
boats the locomotion was effected by a
rrrw of four men, woiVing treadles; now
electricity is thr inoter, tin- speed obtain
ed being five knots. The crew can ac
cordingly be reduced to an officer and
one man, who enter the c raft at the top
by a dome-shapeil hatch, secured with
hinges and bolts, and tilting; into a rub
ber lined recess. In 11 reservoir is a sup
ply of compressed air said to be sufficient
to last the two men for ten hours, while
the carbonic acid they give off is absorbed
by caustic potash distributed through the
boat. In this, m in all submarine craft,
the object is not pleasure, for little of
that is to be had, but warfare. At one
end of the boat is fastened a torpedo,
charged with 110 pounds of dynamite,
arranged so as to be operated from with
in. A discription of this boat, given in a
recent number of Kiniiiiti-riini, shows
that there are seven glazed openings in
the hull, with glass half an inch thick,
protected by external grating and inter
nal shutters. The two men sit back to
back on the compressed air reservoirs.
The c raft seems to be full of machinery,
except in the space occupied by the men,
and their heads go up into the dome.
Hut the boat can thus be made small and
compact, 41111 lobe rowed with oars if
the dynamo fails. There is a pump for
expelling water from the reservoirs,
when the boat has to rise, and these res
crvoirs, which effect the immersion of
the boat, are divided into several com
partments to prevent the water in them
from surging forth and back. Then is
an air pump for extracting; the vitiated
air, and u double-acting pump to secure
the stability of the vessel. As a safety
appliance a heavy weight is attached to
the bottom of the boat, which may be re
leased and dropped off in ease- of an acci
dent requiring a rapid ascent. An explo
sive signal for help can also be sent to
the surface.
When the two men enter thr boat lin y
turn on the compressed air. which is
passed through the wati r reservoirs so as
to become humid, and start the eleetiieal
motor. The officer steers the boat under
the ship to be uttaiheil; and when the
right position is gained In- casts off' the
torpedo, which floats up and attaches it
self to the vessi 1 by emit rivam es provid
ed fur the purpose. The bnal tin n rap
idly withdraws, and lit :i s;,fe distance
explodes the torpedo by electricity.
This, ,,t least, is tin theory ol Mr. Goubet.
.V ir Sun.
fold Waves.
Lieutenant T. M. Woodruff of Hie
Fifth Infantry, who is acting Signal offi
cer, has bi en making a special study of
"cold waves." lie has found that a fall
of temperature succeeds an area of low
barometer, and a rise precedes such area;
and that in general the reverse is true of
an area of high barotnelor, vi, that a fall
precedes and a rise follows it ; but w in til
er these phenomena have the relation of
cause ami effect cannot, as it at h ast, be
determined. About fifteen per cent, of
the cold waves observed collie front the
I'acilie coast and eighty five m t cent,
originate east of the Kocky Mountains, or
came down the east side of these moun
tains from the liritish northwest territory.
All of the cold waves traced call during
these six months in eac h year appeared
first at Helena, Mmt., except five, which
live were felt at Kismark, Dak., before
being felt at Helena; and we must con
clude, says Lieutenant. Woodruff, that
they have their origin in the vast regions,
of ice and snow near the Arctic circle,
far to the north of the observing stations.
It often happens that a cold wave sets in
from the extreme Northwest, and upon
reaching the Mississippi Valley divides, a
part going northeast to the lower lake re
gion and the other part southward to the
Gulf States; in cither case the intensity
appears to be greatly diminished. This
action seems generally to be due to the
sudden development of a storm home
where in the southern part of the Missouri
Valley. Another frequent feature is that
after a cold wave commences the temper
ature continues to fall in the northwest,
and another wave is formed entirely dis
tinct from the first, from which it
becomes separated by a warm wave; the
warm wave in only a narrow belt, but the
cold waves ore perfec tly distinct.
It Cored the Cut. '
A man recently cured his cat of get
ting U)on the table in search of proven
der. He left some nitro-glyeerine in a
saucer close to the edge of the table
and poured a little milk on it, then went
out and waited. As he peeked through
the window he saw the cat jump upon
the table. He smiled. Soon the cat
found the milk, and in drinking it put
its paw into the saucer. The man
laughed aloud with glee. Then he
heard a noise, and slowly got up from a
corn -field over the fence, picked several
cords of splinters out of himself and
started into the house to see how the cat
felt, but was surprised when he found
the cat had gone and taken the house
with her.
CHATHAM CO., N. C.,
CHIMMEVS COLUMN.
NothlliK I.Ike Molhrr'aNlMM.
A kiss hen I wake in the morning
A kiss when I go to lust,
A kiss when I burn my llngriN,
A kiss when I hump tin head.
A kiss nhrn my bath is over,
A kiss when my Lath Is-giim,
My mother's as full of kisses
As nurse is full of pins.
A kiss when I play with my rnttla,
A kiss when I pull ln-r hair,
She covered me over w ith kisses
The day that I fell down smir.
A kiss when I give her trouble,
A kiss when I give ln-r jny.
There's nothing like nmthnr's kisses
To her own little Imh.v lny.
Jumbo as (.rittleman-
Mr. Itanium scrub the following short
account of Jumbo's introduction to J
herd of elephants:
"The dav after Jumbo's arriviiPat
Madison Square Garden we resolved to
introduce him to the thirty-five Indian
elephants which we had there. Some of
us feared the result, but Scott insisted
that Jiimho was too much of a gentleman
to misbehave. So we placed our thirty-
five elephants in a row, each being
chained one leg to a post, and then Scott
led Jumbo in. He passed in front of the
string of elephants, looking nt first a lit
tie surprised, as did all the other ele
phants when tin y first discovered him
approaching. Hut Jumbo and all the
other elephants at once looked kindly,
and each extended its trunk as Jumbo
passed, which be fondly took with his
ow n trunk, giving each elephant a kind
caress. Mutual affection seemed at once;
established, and it extended without in
terruption till the day of his death."
A CTIiliirsr f.ume.ttnikB.
" Loy Yow, a bright, red cheeked lit
tic Chinese girl, "blinded" her eyes and
eyes and the rest of the players fell into
line with their bands held open in cup
shape behind them, while Wong I lay
circled around the line lightly touching
the open hands as she passed, and croon
ing in a peculiar ( hiuesc sing-song tone
the following little game-song, much as
American children sing, " Tread, tre nd
the green grass," or " Green gravel,
green gravel, Imw green the grass grows" :
" I'ome maiden ntl. and st.-iml in tine,
I'm back your Hotter like hands to nihi"
Tile pledge now tiles, it (lies nttay
To the Kaslern laud to the land of day.
"1'is the lantern IohsI 1 Ninth iiinon comniajids!
Now. maidens, lilt your tlmver like hands ''
To ,oy Yow. whom they now called
" Hi li'-Youi lives." Wong Hay now
sang:
'Come, thunder shone:-, with all your power.
And o'ii this lour ting led th'tvei !"
Meantime, us she .;,n;. she had drop
ped in one of the h inds the little pledge
-a thimble or some little keepsake selec
ted for I he occasion, nuchas American
children Use u button in a similar game.
At the words. ' Maidens, lift your gold
I'll flower hands," as it i; literally trans
lated, all the hands were raised high
above their heads, but closely shut, so
thai le c ould tell who held the little
pledge.
At the words address,,! to Hide
Your -Kyes," Loy Yow came out from the
shed, and, using a long stick as if it were
a wand, (minted to the one whom
she suspected of having the little pledge.
She was not. successful, however, for
the hands opened and nothing was found
there. So she had to try it all over;
while Wong Hay walked about again,
and sang the little oriental melody.
The second time, she looked very
c losely in the faces of her Chinese play
fellows, ami she saw o funny a look on
lui l-'ah's that she immediately pointed
her out. Qui Fah's hands were opened
amid much laughter ami merriment, ami
there was tin- sought-for keepsake! Then
they changed places, and Qui Fall lc
ciuiiu " Hide-Your-Kves. St. JVVi-Ae.
An Interstlng Discovery.
General Meredith Ki nd, iu his speech
at the banquet given in Philadelphia by
the l' nnsylvania Historical Society on
the '.'Willi anniversary of thr introduction
of printing into the middle colonies, an
nounced an interesting discovery which
he made when 1'iiited States Minister in
Greece. In speaking of Franklin he said:
"Wherever types are set, or the electric
spark may wander ami work. Franklin's
name is coinineiiiora:i il The most re
markable result of Franklin's discoveries,
the e lectric- teli gi iph, owes its name to
that mother of civilization, the Greek
language, and it ,, remarkable fact that
the venerable roeks which watch over the
violet-crowned city of Athens have
assumed the philosopher's features. For
I discovered ninny years ago, while daily
scanning the outlines of the ancient
Acropolis, that the northwestern profile
looking toward Mars Hill and the sea is
as perfect a likeness of Franklin as the
southeastern is of Washington. It is a
happy and a striking coincidence, that
the father of our country and the man
whose key unlocked the mysteries of the
universe look down from that classic hill
from whence flowed the influences which
gave to mankind the sciences and the nrt
of hot governing too much."
A liquid black lead for polishing
stoves is made hy adding to each pound
of black 'cad one gill of turpentine, one
gill of water, and one ounce of sugar.
FEBRUARY 4, 1886.
TRKI'TS OF TI'IIKKAX.
Scenes to Ip Witnessed in n
Persian Thorough lure.
flow the Tradesmen Ply Their Various
Occupations iu tlio Open Air.
S. O. W. Itenjamin, recently I'nited
talis minister at the court of I'eisia, de
icribes his impressions of that country in
t.he Century. He say s: "In such a climate
is thai of Tebvrati life is naturally passed
hiefly in the npen air. The chill of win
'er, rarely severe, seems to make little
iiffrreiicc in the habits of the people,
rile shops arc all open to the streets; the
. ustoiners stand outside, and even the
diop-kecper attends to most of his busi
ness from the exterior of the shop. If
TTc is a linker, grocer, orcosterinonger, in
ill probability he and the customer both
stand in the street, retreating into the
shop only when a string of cami ls or a
lashing cortege forces them I" move out
,if the way. A carpenter may frequently
be seen arranging a piece of joinery mi
the pavement in front of his shop. The
schools often iu im wise differ from the
shops; in the miiKt of a crowded thor
oughfare one may see twenty ot thirty
lads scaled on their heeK repeating the
lesson together in monotonous tone.
"Another common sight in the streets
of Teheran is the itinerant barber. The
Koran enjoins the ma-i uline Mohamme
dan to shave his crown. The Sunnees
shave the entire head excepting a long
lock ill the center whereby, it is said, the
archangel may pluck them out of (Ingraft-.
But the Sheahs or Persian Mus
sulmans shave from the forehead to the
n:i f the neck, leaving a highly pri.ed
lock on each side. Il is. therefore, com
mon to see a man of the lower classes
scaled on the pavement, going through
the operation of having Ins head shaved.
The remaining hair and tie1 beard are
dyed, and it is rare that one sees gray
hairs iu Teheran. The first tint applied
is henna, an orange yellow vegetable dye.
Many consider this so handsome as to
prefer it without the further
application of indigo which most select.
The last tint, combined with the henna,
imparls a durable and rather agreeable
dark brown color to the hair. The worn-
en also have their hair .hed and join the
i. I.ions will, tli, ii. n I! .-hisses
make use of the bath at h ast once a week.
the wealthy h.' ing steam b ulls att.n bed
to their dwellings. .No Christain is ever
permitted admittance to the baths of the
Persians. The public baths an-wer the
purpose of c tubs and si w ing c ircles ; t he
women go in the morning, take their
sewing with them, and, alter being thor
oiigly steamed and si nil. I.. d. devote wv
eral hours o smoking the "kalian," t in
broidei iug, and disi losing the scandal of
the tieighborh I. whichthiy a-sjiioii-lv
circulate on tlu ir n turn home.
"Another street sio, ,,f Teheran is the
tea house, cqtiivalcul I i the coffee house
of Constantinople or the beer gaiden of
Munich. These establishment - are gen
e rally thronged towards the ,-lo.e of the
day.'
"Iloth w ine-ilrlnking .mil card playing
are lot -hie bleu to true believers, and t here
lore, neither is seen in these places of pub
lie resort. Hut both are freely indulged in
at home. The card playcrsof Persia use a
set of twenty cards in five suils of four
each.
"It is an interest iug f.-u l thai Ann rica
luu-t relinquish the claim of having in
vented the gambler's favorite game of
poker, for it was known in Pe-rsia centur
ies ago. The game playe d by the Per
sians is iu principle poker or brag pure
and simple, and betting often runs high
with them.
"Another characte-ristic sight in thr
streets of Teheran is the bread. Persian
bread is made in sheets the thickness of
sole leather; the best epiality is somewhat
thinner. It is formed in the shape and
size of n side of leather. The baker with
hare arms dexterously raises a sheet of
this dough from the- counter where' it is
rolled out, tosses and rolls it over his left
arm until reduced to the proper tenuity.
With a rapid fling of both arms he then
spreads it over the hot floor of the oven.
In a few moments it is baked and spread
out to cool. If there is a convenient
ledge ill the street near the shop, one
may see it cove reel with layers uf bread.
This bread is cheap, one cent a sheet, and
what is more it is sweet and nourishing,
and, with curds, cheese, ami fruit, forms
a staple artic le of diet with a Iargn part
of the population. Conseepieiitly, one
constantly meets with people carrying
sheets of bread home with them, the
women holding them in front like leather
aprons."
Why Ladles arc Called I Mirks.
Because they are not all tame. Because
there is a good ileal of sport to be got
out of the wild ones. Itecause they may
be captured. Because they may be sold.
Because, as proved by the re sults of pub
lic examinations, they may be plucked.
Because, as we can se e in the illustrated
ncwspaicrs, they may ho drawn. Be
cause they may lc beautifully done, a
good deal of butter being usually em
ployed in the process. Because they arc
often well basted. Because they are
always dressed in some fashion for din
ner. Because they have long bills. Be
cause there arc always plenty of thctu iu
the market.
no. 22.
Took Him l or a Knnco Stecrcr.
George V. Cable, the novelist, came lo
town the other day, as he often does,
from his New F.ngland home, siivs a New
York letter o the Cincinnati Knirr.
lie wished to meet Mr. Kudiloii, the Tex
as cattle rancher, and went in a Uroad
way hotel where the man was a guest.
Cable had tn-vcr seen Kudifoa. "He is
about the corridor somewhere," said the
clerk; ami so Cable looked about for a
somewhat unfashionable and rustic figun ,
such as he guessed the stranger might be.
"Ah," he said affably to the lirst indi
vidual of that sort who came along, "are
you Mr. Kushtoti?"
The accosted man gaed impudently
into the enquirer's face and then shortly
answered "No." Cable is u tndit- lift In
fellow, and he was hurt by the lack of
that quality in the cither; but he passed
quietly along until he encountered n sec
ond apparent prairie denizen.
"This is Mr. Kushtoti :" be said affably.
"No. sir." and the tone as positively
insulting, "this is not Mr. Kushton."
Cable went to a big mirrior : n I looked
at himself to sec if any thing in his per
sonal appearance had become offensive.
The reflection was that of an unobtrusive
man clot hed soberly, and with nothing in
his aspect to rouse antipathy. He saunt
ered away, nnd soon met an ideal Texan
ranch-owner.
"I am not mistaken this time." he ex
claimed, extending his hand ; "yon are
Mr. Kushton. from Texas. I've been -"
"Yes, you are mistaken," was the
brusque response, and there was tire in
the eyes of the speaker; "a big mistake if
you take me for a greenhorn. I ain't
Kushton, and 1 shan't be fool enough to
give vou inv name, neither. ( , I've read
of you rascals. If 1 was to HI you who I
am. it wouldn't be ten minutes afore your
pal'd get at me, pretending to be a son
of somebody that lives in nn tow n. I've
a notion to hand you over to the police."
Cable was dumbfounded, and then
amused, for he had merely learned a fai t
that imy curious experimenter can sub
stantiate on trial that the feats of the
bunko swindle rs have become so w idely
known that the simple qui st ton win tin r
a toiirii-t is somebody wham he isn't
arouses suspic ion and resentment.
Tl lVCoCk Xl Villi!.
"l sc-ctns like a pilv t i sh.itt.-i a In In f
l'"s existed I
years.
aid
I .Idle
in pug i logs, pigeons anil pen news tins
morning to a ne ws gatherer, "but the
old. old story about the vanity of the
peacoe k is a miserable myth. I cannot
understand why people have believed il
so long. Why. sir, an um aware; that
the peacock has I, ... biains than the 1
chicken.' I 'i you know that the pea
eoi k is prai tic. illy the idiot of the fe.ith
i-rod tribe, the same as the pug is e. the
canine race-; A peacock, sir, hasn't
sense enough logo in when il lain-. No.
sir. What I say is literally and actually
true. I have seen 'cm stand out in a
storm and pick up corn, while e m i y sen
siblr tlllkey. goose or duck would bl
under shelter. It is simply the gaudy
plumage ol the pe acock that has h d to
the story of its vanity.
"It is true that when tin- peacock
Imists his tail and struts around it looks
as if be-was try ing to show off', and all
the women folks say: lu-t. look at the
vain thing!' The truth is that thep'a
c-oek rarely, if ever, exhibits his magnifi
cent tail lAcept when courting. A male
pigeon swells out his e -heist and raises his
lU'ck-frnthcrs, while a barnyard rooster
se-eks for dainty morsels for the hens and
clucks complimentary clucks. The pea
cock takes a different style, that's all.
"I don't suppose that a peacock has
sense enough In know that his feathers
are gaudy or his feet ugly. It's a dead
sure fact that he has a smalle r head and
less in it than any bird you can mention
that is half his size in body. Vanity bo
Mowed !" Pltihill)'liit Xtir.
The I'srful Porpoise.
"Yes, that's a porpoise," saiel a fish
dealer iu the- Qiiincy market ton reporter;
"ves, it's a poriHiic. Cape didders call
them puffing pigs, and 1 suppose nothing
short of phociena communis would satisfy
you newspaper fe llows."
"Are porpoises good for anything?"
"Good for anything by, lili-ss you(
yes. 1 lu-ir nie-at is spicnuin e ating, ami
makes just as good mincemeat as any bit
of be e f you ever saw. Then their blub
ber eliieel out makes a tine penetrating
oil, whic h is great for rheumatism. Take
some of the oil irtid put it on your hand
anil it'll soak right in to the bones."
"You said porpoises wire called
'puffing pigs. Why it that?"
"Well, thev root around for their grub,
and then when they're swimming very
fast they look arouiul like a fat old hog.
Some folks say tin y e-an swim a hundred
mile s nn hour, but I'm willing to cut it
down to about eighteen and call it
square." Jitn-lmi llrntUI.
No NoreHj to Her.
"Hen1 is a curious case, ma'am," said
the superintendent of the insane asylum.
"This man imagines lie is the motive?
powe r that runs the world, lie's per
fe-ctly harmless, though, but he Chinks
be world wouldn't move- w ithout him.
Very queer notion, isn't it !"
"I don't know about thai; my huslmnil
has got the same notion in his head,"
Miirtricl.
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Djlmr Fire.
Thr loir on which thr heiirth tin' loin? lias fWl
Is consume I. nnd now the Home burns
lotv
WiK: our taint blaze of f.i ble, flickering red,
That .hostly figures on the wall doU
throw.
Hut now ttiu wind eotiuw breathing soft along,
ll fliinies nmiin and lights tin- i;ooiu about,
Then lower sinks, as quick thr wind is goiia
Then flickering fi d -s ami with a puff" gi
out.
Love's the for long has fed ilium thr heart,
An 1 niuh consumed it through a feeble
flame.
From out thr ashes now- and then doth start,
Casting wierd shadows on the troubled
brail .
Hut niriu'ry's wind comes breathing softly
bv.
It glows again r.nd for a time is bright.
Then the thought ini-ssi-s and lijis sadly sigh,
it dies out and lenviv In-hind but night..
rV'liiwii .t. Fuller.
Ill M0K01 S.
A real corn tax -The
tlioe niaki r
A tight shoe,
gels his prais
from
ii w I.
Kugs and loafers
sometimes tm-
proved by beating.
"This js my golden wedding,
id an impecunious man w hen h
remnrk
married a woman worth if.Vl.nnil.
"Ah, there! Stay I here!" as the man
said when he passed the pocket book that
was fastened to the grating by a string.
A favorit" dress custom with a Cuban
dandy i ol a black silk suit, a
w hile necl.tic and a gii i u shirt. Makes
a sort ol a rain beau of himself as it
W ere.
"I gin s, this is a kind of a 'put up
job,"" was tin- husband's comment as he
east his eye along Ihe row of well filled
jars on the shelves iu the cellar, the re
sult of his w ile's labor.
L'x-Govcrnor Bishop, of Ohio, is just
i i his sixty-fourth year, and last summer
leape-il a fe-nce fmir b e t high without
laying his hand on its rail. But then a
s n age dog was be hind the ex-Governor.
One- of the erui-lest retorts made by any
niiisii ar audience is reported from Cali
fornia. A vocalist was warbling to her
own great satisfaction, "Oh, would 1
wi le a bird." A rough miner replied,
"Oh. would 1 were a gun."
The western editor who put the head
"Natural G.is" over the proceedings ol
a woman's right's convent ion, was con
veniently "out of town" when a commit
tee of ladies we aring spci I ides and a
n vciigi ful expression called to interview
him.
A v v loquacious lady, calling one day
to consult In r physician, talked on and
on w it 1 1 sin h Milubility that the hitlet
could not get a word in e dgewise. Grow
ing impatii nl. In at length told her to
put out her tongue, which she did. Ife
tin ii said: -'Now. picas.-keep it there
until you have heard wh.el I have got
sav to vou."
Crime Haves.
Sometimes a gn at h.im of crime passes
over the land. This was the e ase about
the year is.'itl. when tin-re was a general
epidemic of burglaries, l'or some time
the Annual IcVgister devoted a special
paragraph in il index to burglaries, an
unpleasant Ii ature which has now happily
elisappeati d. It lagan with a burglary
and mnrdi r at Frimley, where one Mr.
Holiest, an elderly clergy man. was cruel
ly kille d. He was awake-ne d in the-night
and saw two figures, with their facescov
creel w ifh crape, standing at the bottom
of the bed. lie at tir-t thought it was
his two sons indulging in a practical joke,
ami he-rebuked t'lem for their untimely
ami unreasonable conduct, lie was soon
undeceive. I. and while he w as offering n
gallant resistance he was wounded by one
of the burglars. Il is remarkable that in
the' excitement of the time, and for some
liemrs afterward, he did not e ven feel the:
wound. But when the- surgeon came tc
examine it he perceived that it soon must
prove fatal. Two men were execute-el foi
the crime. ( Inc man, who was accepted
as approver, was a man w ho had been
the loudest in priii-laming his innoc-ener
before- the- magistrates and the most skill
ful in cross-examining the witnesses.
The effect of his evidence was to impli
cate' other men. inc luding one- who had
be-en acepiitted of the Frimh-y murder, in
other burglaries, and broke up a gang
which had been the terror of Surrey and
Sussex. .1 Me- Voir li'iiml.
Betler llian They I. nuked.
Speakinv of visiting Kuglishinen I am
reminded of a story of Matthew Arnold
which has nevi r ye t seen the light of
print. When he made his lecturing tour
through Ainerii a lie- was accompanied by
his wife, and in Cleveland they were en
tertained by one of the le ading families
living on Kuclid nvenue. One morning
buckwheat pancakes were served nt
breakfast. Matthew Arnold looked at
them eluliiouslf. sniffed suspiciously ami
passed them by w ithout taking any. But
Mrs. Arnold was more venturesome, anil
she-took a couple of the steaming cakes,
he lped herself to maple syrup as she: saw
the i hers doing, and took a bite. Evi
eleully she- was surprised. The buck
wheat cakes proved to Im- de-licious, and
turning to her husband she remarked:
"T'i take some, Matthew, they're not
half as nasg- in, they look. Cincinnati
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